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Originally Posted by RuzzTMan
Geez, I need to set this forum to email me when people post. Here I am thinking there was no more input and haven't looked at it in a month now. But, in the mean time I have been replacing the exhaust manifold and I'll attach some pics of how the old one looked, the OEM replacement (pic in the first post) and finally the ceramic coated one that got installed.
So far, after some minor issues with installation, I am very pleased with the results!
If you look at the pics, the coated manifold has been blasted and coated inside and out. I used Performance Coatings in Auburn, WA. They charged me about $140 including shipping which I thought was a decent price. It was gone no longer than a week from my door and back again. I picked the Satin Gray Ice type of coating which is a very nice medium gray in color. Their warranty is pretty reasonable too.
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Nice to see yours came out nicely. I chose the Titanium Blast, which is a little darker than yours. If your old one had not been cracked they could have ceramic coated it to look exactly like how the new one came out. They did my old cat, which probably looked worse than your old manifold, and it now looks brand new.
Unfortunately, during a current round of work they are doing for me, they screwed up my pistons and had to buy me a new set, which has caused further problems because my block had already been set up around the original pistons, and my new rods had already been reamed to match the original wrist pins. The new wrist pins are smaller, and I will now have to have new bushings installed and reamed (on brand new rods
).